I never took a psych course, but I dated enough psych majors to figure it out.

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I never took a psych course, but I dated enough psych majors to figure it out.

ER — 8/30/2006 8:52:11 PM (archived)

This pathology, as you call it, is not limited to conservatives, it is a very human thing. I do not even claim to have defeated it within me, but at least I think I am old and wise enough to recognize it in others.

The certainty of righteousness is what tempts a cop to plant evidence,
what allows a lawyer to defend the guilty and prosecute the innocent, what forces a soldier to kill a youngster just like himself, what makes a holy man suicide-bomb a pizza parlor, what makes a salesman sell a product he knows is inferior or even dangerous.

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SO OSAMA WALKS INTO TO THIS BAR, SEE? - Laurie Street - 8/25/2006 9:48:22 PM
- re: SO OSAMA WALKS INTO TO THIS BAR, SEE? - gbaikie - 8/26/2006 10:01:56 PM
- re: SO OSAMA WALKS INTO TO THIS BAR, SEE? - ER - 8/25/2006 10:33:07 PM
  - re: Costs - Tom Brosz - 8/26/2006 5:37:28 PM
    - re: Costs - ER - 8/26/2006 6:40:28 PM
      - Or a shorter answer - Tom Brosz - 8/27/2006 3:23:08 AM
      - re: Costs - Tom Brosz - 8/27/2006 3:10:59 AM
        
        re: Costs - ER - 8/27/2006 5:00:01 AM
        
        Excellent post ER - Lindy - 8/29/2006 1:52:45 AM
        
        re: Costs - gbaikie - 8/28/2006 11:17:03 PM
        
        Costs - ER - 8/30/2006 4:46:44 AM
        
        re: Costs - gbaikie - 8/30/2006 11:57:32 PM
        
        "The disaster will come not so much because our leaders were wrong, but because they were imbeciles" - Lindy - 8/30/2006 5:38:09 PM
        
        Partisanship, ideology and conflict of interest. - ER - 8/30/2006 7:48:03 PM
        
        "they are not only wrong, they are in power" - Lindy - 8/30/2006 7:59:33 PM
        
        I never took a psych course, but I dated enough psych majors to figure it out. - ER - 8/30/2006 8:52:11 PM
        
        You could be right - Lindy - 8/30/2006 9:20:31 PM
        
        Student Council types - ER - 8/30/2006 11:05:54 PM
        
        re: Student Council types - Lindy - 8/30/2006 11:19:11 PM
  - Initiatives like this... - Laurie Street - 8/25/2006 11:25:37 PM
    - Islamic terrorists also conduct camps and retreats like this to indoctrinate their kids in war and hatred. (n/t) - ER - 8/25/2006 11:49:46 PM
      - Fight war and hatred with peace and love (n/t) - Laurie Street - 8/26/2006 6:10:40 AM
- Whatever... - FrankC - 8/25/2006 10:30:43 PM
  - The time to fear "they" is when you can define who "they" is..... - Publius - 8/26/2006 1:42:52 PM
    - Savimbi - RobVG - 8/28/2006 2:14:52 AM
      - Interesting question........ - Publius - 8/28/2006 4:47:18 PM
        
        re: Interesting question........ - ER - 8/28/2006 9:56:06 PM
        
        The US has a long history - Lindy - 8/28/2006 4:57:06 PM
    - "Funny how the language is manipulated" - RobVG - 8/27/2006 3:42:17 PM
      - skipping the rah rah, sis boom bah for a while..... - Publius - 8/29/2006 9:00:39 PM
        
        FWIW - RobVG - 9/1/2006 2:32:14 AM
    - Excellent post , Pub....... - Lindy - 8/26/2006 3:35:06 PM

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